Made of orange card, it’s an outline of my son’s hand. Comprising two sections, one his tiny, spread fingers, … More
Tag: Acceptance
All you have is now
Dear Ant Isn’t it strange, how quickly you notice your passing from one world into the next? One minute … More
A day so happy
Gift A day so happy.Fog lifted early. I worked in the garden.Hummingbirds were stopping over the honeysuckle flowers.There was no … More
On not being grateful for cancer
An old friend of mine wrote to me the other day, out of the blue, to tell me about … More
Lifesaving Poems: Rose Cook’s ‘A Poem for Someone Who is Juggling Her Life’
A Poem for Someone Who is Juggling Her Life This is a poem for someonewho is juggling her life.Be still … More
On disappearing
I wrote recently about poets who disappear from view, specifically Susannah Amoore, from Faber’s Poetry Introduction 6. My point is far … More